Thread holder and cutter



(No Model.)

A. J. WINSLOW. THREAD HOLDER AND GUTTER.

No. 244,103. Patented July 12,1881.

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i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALICE J. WINSLOW, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

THREAD HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 244,103, dated July 12, 1881. Application Elea March s, Isei. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mrs. ALICE J.WINsLow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Thread Holder and Cutter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to construct such devices entirely of a single piece of wire in such a manner that greater convenience and cheapness are effected, and the devices are made more available for connecting with the spools in their manufacture and shipped with them to the trade, and at the same time adapted for detaching from one spool and connecting with another quickly and practically.

The construction of my device consists in bending a piece of wire in the form of a hairpin, the portion bent back upon itself being designed for detachable connection with the hole in a spool, and in forming the free ends terminating on top of the spool in a cutter or retainer, or both; or the portion inserted in the spool may be formed spirally, by which latter construction I design to eect an equivalent of the former, as no material change is wrought.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l shows the device formed with a cutter and retainer attached to a spool. Fig. 2 is a perspective ot' said device detached from the spool, Fig. 3, a sectional view of a spool, showing the connecting pendant of the device formed spirally.

F shows the device having blade c and thread-retaining hook a on either end respectively of the wire terminating with the hair-pin portion. The rise in the wire between thek blade and hook serves to rest the thumb on when revolving the spool in unwinding` the thread. This projection o may be much lower, if desired, or dispensed with entirely.

d in Fig. 3 shows the spirally-formed connectin g portion. In this construction only the blade a is shown, but the retainer c can be readily formed on this device by doubling the wire before forming the spiral portion.

In operating the device when it contains only the blade c, the thread t may be held by the fingers of one hand 'and thrown over the blade with the other. When the device contains both the cutter c and thread retainer or holder a the thread may be rst caught in the retainer and then be thrown over the blade and severed in the usual manner of said devices.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure,

1. In combination with a spool, the thread holder and cutter consisting of the hair-pinshaped shank provided with the't-hread cutter and retainer, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a thread holder and cutter, the hairpin-shaped shank or equivalent shown, provided with the cutter and retainer, substantially as described and shown.

3. In combination with a thread-spool having the hole through the center, the holder and cutter consisting ofthe hairpin-shaped shank F, the cutter c and retainer a, substantially as described and shown.

ALICE. J. WINSLOV.

Witnesses:

A. M. S'IEARNS, JENNIE EGLEsToM. 

